remote procedure call failed and did not execute

[Guest]

Have been running my XP/SP2 machine that authenticates to my company network
for months without problems. I went to logon to my network this morning and
the logon takes a long time. Once connected I do not have access to my
network components (shared drives, applications, etc.). If I run an IPCONFIG
all looks fine. There is an event log entry that states the following error:

"No domain controller is available for domain 'MYDOMAIN' due to the
following error: the remote procedure call failed and did not execute"

If I restart my PC in safe mode with network support then I do not have any
problems (access to newtork components are fine). This scenario has also
occurred with a brand new PC that we attempted to deploy into our network.

This is obviously causing major problems and I am very concerned that this
will propogate to other users. I have searched the KB and came across a ton
of potential troubleshooting techniques but to no avail thus far.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

I would check DNS settings first. Or this troubleshooting may help,

Network errors Remote Procedure Call Failed · The remote procedure call failed and did not run RPC Server is Unavailable TCP/IP transport not installed ...
www.chicagotech.net/neterrors.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Have been running my XP/SP2 machine that authenticates to my company network
for months without problems. I went to logon to my network this morning and
the logon takes a long time. Once connected I do not have access to my
network components (shared drives, applications, etc.). If I run an IPCONFIG
all looks fine. There is an event log entry that states the following error:

"No domain controller is available for domain 'MYDOMAIN' due to the
following error: the remote procedure call failed and did not execute"

If I restart my PC in safe mode with network support then I do not have any
problems (access to newtork components are fine). This scenario has also
occurred with a brand new PC that we attempted to deploy into our network.

This is obviously causing major problems and I am very concerned that this
will propogate to other users. I have searched the KB and came across a ton
of potential troubleshooting techniques but to no avail thus far.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the quick response!!

Stopping the Microsoft Firewall services solved my problem... I had it
disabled through the GUI but I guess that was not enough... I now have it
disabled in the services...

 

[Guest]

Follow up:

Bob - do you have any idea as to why this would have occurred all of a
sudden? I have many other workstations that do not experience this problem.
As mentioned before, my PC had no issues until I turned it off/on (same with
the new PC).

So, if I want to use the Windows Firewall, I have to enable the service and
jeopordize my PC again... strange...

Any insights would be appreciated...

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

These disputations may help,

A domain controller could not be contacted - Solution 14 Oct 2006
Re: A domain controller could not be contacted - Solution Bob 14 Oct 2006
Re: A domain controller could not be contacted - Solution 14 Oct 2006
http://chicagotech.net/discussions.htm

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Follow up:

Bob - do you have any idea as to why this would have occurred all of a
sudden? I have many other workstations that do not experience this problem.
As mentioned before, my PC had no issues until I turned it off/on (same with
the new PC).

So, if I want to use the Windows Firewall, I have to enable the service and
jeopordize my PC again... strange...

Any insights would be appreciated...